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Power Problems • April 21, 2020 

# COVID-19 and International Security 

Greg Koblentz of George Mason University joins Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall to talk about the international security implications of the coronavirus pandemic.

- [Greg Koblentz bio](https://schar.gmu.edu/about/faculty-directory/gregory-koblentz)
- Greg Koblentz and Mike Hunzeker, “[National Security in the Age of Pandemics](https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2020/04/national-security-age-pandemics/164365/),” *Defense One*, April 3, 2020
- Gregory Koblentz, “[Biosecurity Reconsidered: Calibrating Biological Threats and Responses](https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/isec.2010.34.4.96),” *International Security*, vol. 34, no. 4, Spring 2010
- Velibor Jakovleski, “[Governance, in Crisis: What COVID-19 Means for the Present and Future of Global Governance](https://theglobal.blog/2020/04/08/governance-in-crisis-what-covid-19-means-for-the-present-and-future-of-global-governance/),” *The​Glob​al​.com*, April 8, 2020
- George Mason University: [Biodefense Program](https://schar.gmu.edu/prospective-students/programs/masters-programs/biodefense-ms), [The Pandora Report](https://pandorareport.org/)

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Senior Fellow, Stimson Center

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##### [A. Trevor Thrall](/people/trevor-thrall)

Former Senior Fellow, Defense and Foreign Policy Department, Cato Institute

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